Richard Smith (screenwriter/director)

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Richard Smith is a Scottish screenwriter and film director. He wrote Trauma, starring Colin Firth and Mena Suvari, and multi-award-winning half-hour film, Leonard.

A graduate in Scriptwriting from the University of Salford, he won a BAFTA Scotland award in 2002. His films have premiered at Sundance and Edinburgh Film Festival, and appeared at many others the world over. His work focuses on the psychology of loneliness, human failure and the ability/inability for people to overcome themselves. He's represented by The Rod Hall Agency in London.

His upcoming films include a feature version of Leonard (with Kinetic Arts/Crab Apple Films), an adaptation of Anthony Holden's Big Deal (with Celador) and TV movie Auntie Rita (with Scottish Media Group).

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Mono (2006), writer/director. Produced by Abigail Howkins/GMAC, funded by Digicult/Film Council/Scottish Screen. Starring Samantha Young and Ainslie Henderson.

Trauma (2004), writer. Directed by Marc Evans, produced by Nikki Kentish-Barnes, funded by Warner Bros/BBC Films/Isle of Man Film Commission/Myriad. Starring Colin Firth and Mena Suvari.

Leonard (2002), writer. Directed by Brian Kelly, produced by Gill Parry, funded by Scottish Screen/Scottish Television/Grampian Television. Starring Denis Lawson and Stuart Wilkinson. Won the Audience Award at the 2002 Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, the Organization Prize at the 2002 Algarve Film Festival, the award for Best Single Drama at the 2002 Mental Health Media Awards and Best Fiction at the 2002 Tehran Festival.